HYPERGROWTH

Biotech in 2022 and Beyond

Program

Connect with the life sciences community in an outdoor setting! Take a tour of the SOVA Science District and Elevate spaces. Enjoy gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches & soup with beer from New English Brewing Company as part of your admission. Non-alcoholic beverages will also be available. We look forward to catching up with you.

Speed Networking by MilliporeSigma – Round I (4:15 – 4:30pm), Round II (4:45 – 5:00pm)

TOUR 4:30 – 5PM

FIRESIDE CHAT 5-5:30PM

DISCUSSION 5:30 – 6:30PM

Fireside Chat

San Diego offers fertile ground for growing startups and founders are flocking to the area. In this fireside chat with BioSapien CEO Dr. Khatija Ali, we’ll hear the story behind the development of the company’s novel MediChip technology. The MediChip 3D printed biodegradable mesh drug delivery platform holds great promise for the future of cancer treatment. In this discussion moderated by Shelley Briggs, Director of Biotechnology, Millipore, we’ll hear why San Diego is the place to take BioSapien to the next level.

Speakers

Khatija Ali, MD, CEO at BioSapien
Khatija Ali is the CEO & founder of BioSapien. BioSapien focuses on developing innovative therapies to transform patient care. Khatija is the inventor of the MediChip®. The patented technology was granted a $256,000 NSF non-dilutive grant for further development. In addition, she has successfully raised capital totaling $2.5M for MediChip. Since the inception of BioSapien, she has won multiple awards, including Top 25 CEOs in Biotech from TechCEOs, Rising Star CEO at Boston LifeSci, and multiple pitch competitions worldwide, including Get in the Ring
Shelly Briggs, Director Biotech Sales North America, MilliporeSigma
Passionate about people and building world-class sales teams through collaboration, shared vision and precise execution of strategy.

DISCUSSION

Amidst the Coronavirus pandemic, the life sciences have contributed $48B to the San Diego economy. This dizzying growth is a boon to the area, and there are some clear winners at the end of the day. Yet, is this trajectory sustainable? Join us to explore what the life sciences could look like in 5 years with The City of San Diego. Learn how city planners are thinking about critical infrastructure to support job and population growth, lab space, water and affordable housing.

Speakers

Matthew Bresnahan JD, Partner - Patents and Innovations, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Matt Bresnahan is a partner in the San Diego and Los Angeles offices of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he has focused his practice for the past fifteen years on establishing and building biotech companies. Matt’s training is in all aspects of intellectual property, including strategic patent counseling, patent prosecution, licensing, and litigation. Matt is primary outside IP counsel to more than 50 life sciences companies within the biotechnology, therapeutic, genomics, and medical device fields in Southern California.
Christina Bibler, Director, Economic Development, City of San Diego
Christina Bibler is an award-winning, local government and nonprofit champion, currently leading as the City of San Diego’s Economic Development Director. She leads the city’s efforts for business expansion, corporate partnerships, community development, Successor Agency’s real estate assets and affordable housing projects for the city. Over the past two decades, Christina has focused on building high performing teams, leading change, and creating innovative programs that bring economic prosperity for the business improvement districts in San Diego and previously for Fort Collins, Colorado, Thornton, Colorado and Carlsbad, California, respectively.
Elyse W. Lowe, Director, Development Services Department, City of San Diego
A 20-year leader of San Diego governmental policy, planning and operations, Elyse’s portfolio includes expertise in resource conservation, sustainability, land use, redevelopment, housing and transportation for the second largest City in California. Her NGO experience includes leading and merging two San Diego based non-profits into a successful community development think tank. She is well known as a thought leader in sustainable community growth and transit-oriented development. Her more recent roles include an appointment as the Mayor’s Director of Land Use and Economic Development in 2018 and later as Director of DSD.
Heidi Vonblum, JD, Deputy Director, Planning Department, City of San Diego
Heidi Vonblum has 20 years of experience in both public and private land use and environmental planning and law. She is currently the Interim Planning Director for the City of San Diego. Prior to joining the Planning Department in 2018, she served as a Deputy City Attorney in the Land Use Advisory and Litigation Units in the San Diego City Attorney’s Office. Ms. Vonblum obtained a Bachelor of Science in City and Regional Planning from Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo, and a Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law.
Alyssa Muto, Director, Sustainability and Mobility Department, City of San Diego
Alyssa Muto joined the City in early 2016, as the Deputy Director of Planning, where she worked on many long-range planning initiatives around housing and mobility, as well as new citywide policies for parks and open space. In 2017, Ms. Muto oversaw the City’s successful adoption of citywide residential parking reform, removing parking minimums within transit areas, and requiring transportation amenities to support alternate modes of transportation, and most recently brought forward a companion ordinance for parking reform for non-residential uses. She has been a leader in the City working cross-departmentally to strategize new mobility technologies and identify methods to increase safe mobility options for our residents of all ages and abilities.